In response to the Southern Poverty Law Center’s latest anti-gay group coverage, Maggie Gallagher chimes in with these thoughts:
“I’m very proud of the message that NOM has carried consistently and with great love and courage: which is that marriage matters because children need a mom and dad; Our battle is not with an orientation but a political movement that seeks to use the law to embed a new moral idea: there is no difference between same-sex and opposite sex couples and you’re a hater, bigot and quasi-racist if you disagree. It’s very sad to see the deterioration of a once-great civil rights organization to this level”
-Maggie Gallagher, chairperson of the National Organization’s Board [SOURCE]
Right. Maggie’s “battle is not with an orientation.” Except, you know — when it totally is:
Ex. 1:
8/9/2010: Maggie says gays ‘can always control [their] behavior’; admits she sees homosexuality as ‘an unfortunate thing’:
*AUDIO SOURCE: In The Market with Janet Parshall — 8/9/10 [Moody Radio]
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Ex. 2:
5/14/2001, Maggie uses Dr. Robert Spitzer’s study in a way that goes against his own wishes and findings, calls homosexuality a “sexual dysfunction”: “I believe there is rather powerful evidence that human beings are a two-sex species, designed for sexual rather than asexual reproduction. If this is true, then the absence of desire for the opposite sex represents, at a minimum, a sexual dysfunction much as impotence or infertility. Human beings seeking help in overcoming sexual dysfunctions deserve our respect and support (and may I mention, President Bush, more research dollars?).” [Source]
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Ex. 3:
3/20/2000, Maggie defends Dr. Laura: “In a simple biological framework abstracted from all religion and morality, homosexuality is like infertility. It is a sexual disability preventing certain individuals from participating in the normal reproductive patterns of the human species.” [Source]
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Ex. 4:
6/30/2008: Maggie says both gays and marriage equality supporters in general are committing several kinds of sins:
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*Source: Catholic Answers Live — 6/30/08
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Ex. 5:
August, 2009: Maggie says the Iowa marriage ruling flies in the face of both Leviticus and Genesis:
*AUDIO SOURCE: Janet Parshall’s America
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Maybe not an incoming freshman’s college orientation. But if we’re talk about a certain sexual orientation, Maggie’s like a “culture war” lieutenant (if not a full-fledged general)!
